Golden Rhinoceros
Histories of the African Middle Ages
From the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an African golden age in which places like Ghana, Nubia, and Zimbabwe became the crossroads of civilizations, and where African royals, thinkers, and artists played celebrated roles in the globalized world of the Middle Ages. The Golden Rhinoceros brings this unsung era marvelously to life, taking readers from the Sahara and the Nile River Valley to the Ethiopian highlands and southern Africa. Drawing on fragmented written sources as well as his many years of experien…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-691-18126-4
- EAN: 9780691181264
- Produktnummer: 27610635
- Verlag: Princeton Univers. Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H21.3 cm x B17.4 cm x D3.2 cm 561 g
- Abbildungen: 8 col./ 34 b&w illus.
- Gewicht: 561
Über den Autor
François-Xavier Fauvelle is senior fellow at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Toulouse, France, and one of the world's leading historians of ancient Africa. The author and editor of numerous books, he has conducted archaeological digs in South Africa, Ethiopia, and Morocco.
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